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What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? For over half a century, through boom times and bust, business leaders and politicians have tried to become ""the next Silicon Valley, "&...

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Autor principal: O'Mara, Margaret Pugh, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Stadsplanning.
Onderzoeksprojecten.
Koude Oorlog.
Research institutes > Location.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > General.
Recherche industrielle > Localisation > États-Unis.
Parcs scientifiques > Localisation > États-Unis.
Research, Industrial > Location > United States.
Research parks > Location > United States.
Research institutes > Location > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? For over half a century, through boom times and bust, business leaders and politicians have tried to become ""the next Silicon Valley, "" but few have succeeded. This book examines why high-tech development became so economically important late in the twentieth century, and why its magic formula of people, jobs, capital, and institutions has been so difficult to replicate. Margaret O'Mara shows that high-tech regions are not simply accidental marke
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400866885

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